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Mark Zuckerberg passes the Facebook logo. (Gtres)

Facebook is ten years established itself as the paradigm social networks Internet, a decade of ups and downs that concludes triumphantly with overwhelming benefits some, more than 1,200 million users and the need to continue expanding to not collapse.

The company launched by Mark Zuckerberg on February 4, 2004 from his room at Harvard University led to many a different way to share experiences, to others as gossip-that rentabilizó nothing before the primitive human needs communication and acceptance.

The impact of Facebook has been such that even originated a new meaning to the term ‘ Friend ‘ The impact of Facebook has been such that even originated a new meaning to the term’ friend ‘, the’ friend on Facebook, “a category that would be included or known contacts those who, for whatever reason, Worth to track.

That virtual social platform became a collector data personal information and preferences of users segmented by gender, age, location, language … a diamond in the rough for the advertising market that Zuckerberg and his have been refined and filled their pockets.

In 2013 joined Facebook 7.872 million dollars (about 5,800 million) of which 1,500 million were pure profit. To this we must add the $ 11,000 million (EUR 8.154 million) that the company has cash, it is not surprising that Zuckerberg, who will turn 30 in May, is one of the richest people Planet .

The road to get here was controversial from the start. Zuckerberg was sued by former teammate Harvard accused him of stealing the idea and ended up paying $ 65 million to settle the matter. The story was the subject of a film in 2010, The Social Network , which won three Oscars.

Facebook had over the years also tensions with its users, which led to the correction of their privacy policies and launched variety of tools associated with social network that never jelled ‘Beacon’ to report what is bought or graphical query system, to name some.

IPO

Trompicada was his resounding IPO in May 2012, a debut that was waiting so that when shares prior enthusiasm of investors were presented at the Nasdaq had inflated price too and crashed into the New York park.

One year after securities traded Facebook still 30% below its initial value, although in the final stretch of 2013 good performance The company eventually reflected in Wall Street.

continue connecting all the people and improving the world sharing On 30 January, a day after announced its financial results for 2013, the assets of Facebook marked its highest ever on bag.

Zuckerberg then hid his satisfaction with the great year and took the time to ensure reporters that Facebook will “focused on the same things” in the future, “connecting all the people and improving the world sharing”, albeit from a more comfortable position than in 2004.

“On a larger scale, with more ambition and more resources,” said the CEO.

Stagnation

Facebook, which has become big business as based expand its social base , seems to be close to your ceiling User (half the world’s population with Internet access is online social) or, at least, is unlikely to continue increasing the number of accounts at the rate it did in its most expansive years.

It unlikely to further increase the number of accounts at the rate it did in its most expansive years At the same time is no longer a novelty to be seen by the new ‘Zuckerberg’ as an oversized product and outmoded , which seems to share the younger U.S. population.

Between January 2011 and January 2014, Facebook lost more than 3 million users from ages 13 to 17 years. The same happened in the strip 18 to 24, according to a study by consultancy iStrategyLabs.

Young people seem to favor coolest social networking , as Snapchat where content sharing alone are removed in seconds.

In fact, Facebook tried to buy Snapchat in 2013 by 3,000 million and its creator, Evan Spiegel, 23, mocked operation and published his conversations with Zuckerberg on Twitter.

Zuckerberg admits he is willing to make changes that happen to delve into the business migration for Facebook Screen computer to the mobile phone, a transition expected to ensure that your company can continue to celebrate birthday with his millions of friends.